The EU Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Platform Work: an overview.

“This article discusses the proposal for the EU Directive on Platform Work. While welcoming the proposal advanced by the Commission, it highlights some of its shortcomings and suggests more robust …

The Labor Standards Enforcement Toolbox Tool 10: Managing for Strategic Enforcement: A Conceptual Toolkit

“In this brief, directed at agency leaders and managers, we will examine: (1) how strategic enforcement helps agencies to better fulfill their missions; (2) suggestions for how the transition to …

De-gigging the labour market? An analysis of the ‘algorithmic management’ provisions in the proposed Platform Work Directive

Workers are increasingly being managed by technologies. Before spreading to larger segments of the labour market, algorithmic management systems were a signature feature of platform work. The exercise of power …

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An Assessment of the EU’s Draft Guidelines on the Application of EU Competition Law to Collective Agreements of the Solo Self-Employed

“On December 9, 2021, the European Commission published its draft Guidelines on collective bargaining for solo self-employed persons. The Guidelines aim to remove existing competition law restrictions to collective bargaining …

Heatwaves as an Occupational Hazards: The impact of heat and heatwaves on workers’ health, safety and wellbeing and on social inequalities.

Weather-related heat exposure has become a sanitary concern given the wide repercussions it has for health. Both physiological and epidemiological research show that the impact of heat on human health …

Your Boss Is an Algorithm

“What effect do robots, algorithms, and online platforms have on the world of work? Using case studies and examples from across the EU, the UK, and the US, this book …

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Migration and Migrant Labour in the Gig Economy: An Intervention

In urban gig economies around the world, platform labour is predominantly migrant labour, yet research on the intersection of the gig economy and labour migration remains scant. Our experience with …

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ILO – Building blocks for a comprehensive strategy on achieving decent work in supply chains

The core elements of a comprehensive strategy on decent work in supply chains were agreed to by a tripartite working group  of the International Labour Organization (ILO). These building blocks …

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Basfar v Wong [2022] UKSC 20

The Court concluded that, on the assumed facts, the claim brought by Ms Wong falls within the exception from immunity provided for in article 31(1)(c) of the Vienna Convention on …

Association of Civil Servants and Union for Collective Bargaining and Others v. Germany, ECtHR

This case concerned the Uniformity of Collective Agreements Act (Tarifeinheitsgesetz), which regulates conflicts that arise if there are several collective agreements in one “business unit” (Betrieb) of a company2. The …

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